Fineduca (Nov 2017)

Funding of Brazilian Public Universities in the Process of Higher Education Expansion: a study of The State University of Pará (2003-2010)

  • Giselle dos Santos Ribeiro,
  • Tayanne de Fátima Almeida Tabosa dos Reis,
  • Valeria Silva de Moraes Novais,
  • Ana Paula Batista da Silva Brito,
  • Emerson Duarte Monte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17648/fineduca-2236-5907-v7-70057
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 0

Abstract

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This essay presents a study about Brazil's higher education funding in view of the rationality of its current expansionary policy, relating it to the consequences of the state reform, started in 1995. It aims to analyze how institutional funding by the state follows this expansion process, through the investments transferred to the University of the Pará State (UEPA), from 2003 to 2010. It uses data from the ‘General Balance the State of Pará’, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and the National Institute of Educational Studies Anísio Teixeira, in a quantitative and qualitative approach. Data show that the state's GDP increased in the period and so did the net current revenue during the period. However, even if seems that the university funds increased, only a minimum has effectively been invested in its expansion. It shows that UEPA suffers with an inequality of investments and that indicates a lack of a funding policy in that state.

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